I got the 'engine overheating' symbol (pictured below) in my car a few days ago, and now it seems like the fan is making a lot of noise, fluctuating in its volume from normal to loud back to normal several times per minute.

Any idea what this could be? I plan to take it to the shop to have my mechanic look at it, but wondering if I can get some ideas as to what it could be before I get it in the shop.

any loss of power / limp mode? if so, I wouldnt drive it, it could be your water pump fo sho.

No loss of power; just sounds like a piece of shit when I turn it on, and then the fan starts going really loud and then normal and loud and normal over and over again.

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Originally Posted by abhishriv

this just happened to me last week on the highway! its the water pump... covered under warranty.

I don't know when my warranty ran out....It's a 2006, and I bought the car from the dealership as a "certified pre-owned" in September of 2008 I believe....It has 80,000km on it....Would I still be covered?

I did research on this a few weeks back, and it is your water pump most likely... Need to replace it and also put in a new thermostat while you are at it... Parts alone are about ~600 USD @ ecstuning.com, for my car anyways... Realoem.com will give you the part numbers you need.... Good luck !!